Adjustable coat and two pants hanger



Dec, 258, 1948. T. H. MAURER V ADJUSTABLE COAT AND TWO PANTS HANGER Filed June 6, 1947 Patented Dec. 28 1948 OFFICE AT AND TWO PANTS HANGER Theodore H. Maurer, Richmond Hill, N. Y. 1

Application June 6, 1947, Serial No. 752,894

ADJUSTABLE oo My present invention relates generally to apparel apparatus of the garment supporting and shaping type, and more specifically to an improved adjustable coat and pants hanger which while adapted for combined use in supporting various garments, is especially designed for masculine use in supporting a coat or jacket, together with two pairs of pants or trousers.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a garment supporter of this type that is composed of a minimum number of parts that may with facility be manufactured at low cost of production, the parts may be assembled with convenience, and the appliance may be adjusted to various sizes of coats and pants in order that these garments may be maintained in their correct original shape and appearance.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be described and more particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a complete example of a physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged in accord with one mode I have devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention. It will however be understood that changes and alterations are contemplated and may be made in these exemplifying drawings and mechanical structures, within the scope of my claims, without departing from the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the combined and adjustable garment hanger embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the hanger.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view, as at line 3-3 of Fig. 1 showing the frame and adjustable sets of hangers for two pairs of pants.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view in elevation of one of the pants clamps, taken at the section line 4-4 in Fig. 1; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view as at line 55 of Fig. 1 showing a clamping bolt for complementary heads and arms of the hanger.

The garment supporter of my invention includes a hanger I, of wood or other suitable material that is correctly shaped for supporting a coat or jacket and provided with a suspending book 2 having its stem 3 firmly mounted in the center of the hanger, as usual. The lower portion of the hanger is fashioned with two spaced and alined heads H, H. and these heads are each 4. Claims. (Cl. 22390) 2 A provided with a horizontal and longitudinally extending under groove or concave face, as 4, 4, against which two sections, or adjustable measuring arms 5 and 6 are mounted. The adjustable arms are fashioned with beads or beaded faces I that frictionally engage in the complementary grooves or concaves of the heads to guide and retain these parts as the arms are adjusted in the heads.

For adapting the hanger to different sizes or shoulder-widths of coats, each arm is provided with a scale or size-measurments, and the duplicate graduations may be utilized in adjusting the arms uniformly to the correct shape and size of a coat.

Each of the arms is provided with a vertical longitudinally extending slot, as 8, 8, of ample length to permit desired adjustment of the arms, and the outer ends of the arms terminate in depending shoulders S, S, for supporting the coat sleeves.

Each arm and each head are fastened to gether in adjusted position by means of quickdetachable clamping devices, here shown as clamping bolts 9 having their heads I0 mounted in countersunk bores of the hanger-heads, and the bolts pass downwardly through the slotted arms, with clamping nuts of the wing-type, as H threaded on the bolts against the under faces of the slidable adjustable arms.

The two arms are united or jointed together for a single movement, as well as for relative movements, in their adjustmenton the heads, and they are guided in their movements, and retained by the complementary concave and convex faces of the heads and arms against lateral displacement of the arms, to insure a rigid and compact hanger.

In combination with thecoat hanger, I employ a suspending frame, and spring-clamps, for supporting two pairs of pants or trousers, and uniting the two arms of the hanger; and the frame as here shown at I2 is of rectangular shape and includes two spaced and parallel bars provided with converging ends l3, each of which endsis provided with a perforated ear l4, I4 mounted on a bolt 9, and clamped against the underside of an arm by nut ll.

Each of the parallel bars of the frame accommodates a pair of pants hangers that are adjustable on the bars to various sizes of pants legs, for suspending the two pairs of pants. The pants hangers each includes a pair of clamping arms [5 and I6 pivotally mounted together at H and the complementary lower ends of the arms are Having thus fully described myinvention, wha I I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters:

Patent is: l

1. In a garment supporten the 'combinatidn" frame having ears mounted on the bolts beneath the arms, and spring-actuated clamps mounted on said frame.

3. The invention as in claim 1, wherein said heads are each provided with a grooved undersurface and each of said arms isvprovided with a beaded. face complementary to the grooved undersurfaces of each head.

4.1Tliie invention asin claim1 1,.wherein said heads .are'formed with concave f acesf'said arms have complementary convex faces and said arms are longitudinally slotted to receive said quick with a suspending hanger having-spaced *alined p} heads, of a pair of slidably adjustable measuring arms mounted on said heads, quick-detachable means co-acting with said heads and arms for securing the arms in adjusted position, a supporting frame suspended from saidquick-detachable means, and garment suspending means -mounted on'said frame. r I

2. In a garment supporter, ithecombination 1 with a suspending hanger having spaced alined heads, a pair of slidably adjustable arms mounted on saidflheads, and quick-detachable.clamping bolts uniting said heads and arms, of a supporting I detachable means, said means comprising a clamp bolt and a clamp nut on the bolt.

THEODORE I-I MAURER.

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